The wait is on!

On Friday, February 29 (Leap Day), we received our Favorable Determination Letter, notification that we are approved by Citizenship and Immigration Services to care for 1 orphan. That places us on the waiting list for a boy!! As of Friday, there were nine families waiting for a boy, so we will make number 10. The wait time for a referral is generally 2-6 months; we are anticipating around a 4 month wait time. Of course, that is not when we will be travelling. Once we accept our referral, it is approximately one month until we travel (maybe longer -- I haven't really gotten details about that).

So my timeline has gotten moved up by a couple of months!! I was expecting to bring him home in October, but it's now looking like it will be sometime this summer. Actually, to tell the truth, I spent most of the day on Saturday on the verge of tears, and much time in prayer, struggling with this change in plans. It was amazing how God reassured me throughout the day that His timing is perfect. I can't say that I am overjoyed with this new timeline, but I am no longer panicked about it. I'm just praying that it'll take closer to 6 months rather than going quickly!! Pray that we'll be ready!